Downloadable resources:

In the first instance parishes should seek guidance from Susan Rundle (01924 371802) about their proposed application before filling in an application form.

While the Bishop’s Development Fund is still encouraging applications, the available funding is limited so the trustees will be giving priority to those projects which have already obtained funding from elsewhere, either from within the parish or from other funders and from those projects which best express the mission of that parish.

The Diocese of Wakefield has taken out a subscription to GRANTnet, an interactive datatbase of thousands of possible funding sources, which will enable parishes and other local church related organisations to search a huge range of funding sources free of charge. Click here for the GRANTnet page.

Contact Susan Rundle for advice and information about general grants (in addition to BDF).
Useful websites for parishes seeking grants, funding or support: